Research Catalog

Title

The fall : the evidence for the Golden Age, 6,000 years of insanity, and the dawning of a new era / Steve Taylor.

Author

Taylor, Steve, 1967-

Publication

Winchester ; : New York O Books, c2005.

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Details

Description

v, 336 p.; 22 cm.

Summary

"The Fall is a major work that overturns mainstream current thinking on the nature of civilization and human nature. It draws on the increasing evidence accumulated over recent decades that prehistoric humanity was peaceful and egalitarian, rather than war-like and crude. It is not natural for human beings to kill each other, for men to oppress women, for individuals to accumulate massive wealth and power, or to abuse nature. The worldwide myths of a Golden Age or an original paradise have a factual, archaeological basis."--Publisher description.

Subject

• Golden age (Mythology)
• Prehistoric peoples > Social life and customs
• Regression (Civilization)
• Civilization, Modern > Ancient influences

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 323-331) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Foreword / by Stanley Krippner -- Introduction -- The history of the fall. What's wrong with human beings? -- The pre-fall era -- The fall -- Unfallen peoples -- The ego explosion -- The psychology of the fall. The new psyche -- Escaping from psychological discord -- The origins of social chaos 1 -- war -- The origins of social chaos 2 -- patriarchy -- The origins of social chaos 3 -- inequality and child oppression -- The origins of God -- Separation from the body -- The origins of time -- The end of nature -- The trans-fall era. The first wave ; The second wave ; A question of time.

ISBN

1905047207 (pbk.)

OCLC

64915112

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library